Tales from the bus...Global warming is a scam!

If you've been reading this blog for a bit you may know that I commute by public transportation, which is a fancy way of saying I take the bus to work. While on my daily trips I hear and see very interesting things. So I thought once in a while I would share.

Yesterday morning I boarded the bus to find no seats in the front of the bus. I really hate sitting in the back of the bus, partly because nothing good ever happens in the back of buses and partly as an acknowledgement to those who came before me that were forced to sit at the back of the bus.

Anyway I was left with the choice of standing and holding on to the posts or sitting in the back. Before I go on I must explain that I'm a bit of a germaphobe (understatement). So holding on to the posts on public buses is a horrifying experience for me. The whole time I'm thinking of the hundreds if not thousands of non-hand washers that have touched the posts. I'm thinking bacteria and other assorted germs passing from some persons hand to my well and often washed hands. (I carry pre-moistened anti-bacterial tissues.)

So, the back of the bus it was.

As I sat down I realized I landed in the middle of a very loud conversation between two men. One of the men was older, in his sixties and the second I think may have been in his early thirties. Apparently the conversation was on pause while the bus stopped to pick up unsuspecting riders like myself. The resumption of the conversation went like this;

Older guy, "Whether you know it or not global warming is a scam! It's a scam I tell ya!"

Younger Guy, "oh yeah, how's that?"

Older Guy, "All those fancy scientists are making a fortune off of this global warming stuff."

Younger Guy, "how do they make money on global warming?"

Older Guy, "Selling solar power and electric lawn mowers and makin' everybody buy those new fancy light bulbs, that's how! It's nothing but a scam!"
Younger Guy, "Oh, okay."

Apparently the younger guy realized this was not a common sense kind of conversation and tried to back out of it. That's when the older man moved on to other conspiracy theories. He of course touched on the 9/11 conspiracy, that's number one on the conspiracy theorists hit parade. Then he mentioned how he thought Starbucks put something in their coffee to get people hooked. He figured this had to be since he'd had Starbucks coffee and to him it tasted like burnt mud. (I kind of agree about the burnt mud taste). At this point the younger guy started laughing and said that yes they put something in their coffee, caffeine!

This was the gist of the conversation that went on until old guy pulled the Cord and got up to get off the bus. As he made his way to the door he continued to mumble something about there being something in Wonder bread too.